Actuarial Roles in Health

By Derek Ray, James Lescoe, Doug Norris and Jon Forster · Society of Actuaries · 2025

A Society of Actuaries short-form video on the roles actuaries play in the health insurance industry. The SOA's description says actuaries work for insurance organizations, plan sponsors and regulatory agencies, on product development and pricing, evaluating trends and ensuring compliance, and that they should consider the perspectives of all stakeholders.

On the syllabus

Exam GH-101 — Topic 1, Plan and Product Provisions — background (no specific learning outcome is given).

Contents unavailable The video is available only through the SOA's subscription recording library or online portal registration, so its content could not be viewed. This page records the citation and assignment from the syllabus and the SOA's description of the recording.

Sources

Short Form Professional Development Videos: Actuarial Roles in Health Recording (SOA) — the SOA's recording page: title, contributors (Derek Ray, James Lescoe, Doug Norris and Jon Forster), the 2025 posting and the description used for the lead; it was matched to the syllabus's video by its identical title, and the video itself could not be viewed
GH 101 Syllabus, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the reading ("Video: Actuarial Roles in Health", learning outcome "Background") and the note on how video and module content is accessed
GH 101 Course Strategy Guide, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the recommended order of study: the videos from Topic 1 are watched after the learning objectives and before the study materials